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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1988

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FAMILY ATMOSPHERE IN HOMES FOR AGED

THE

INSTITUTIONAL CARE IS AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT IN SERVICES FOR

BE CARED FOR BY THEIR ELDERLY, PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT

VARIOUS REASONS OR WHO HAVE LOST FAMILIES BECAUSE

SELF-CARE LAW, SAID ABILITY, THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR STEPHEN TODAY (SATURDAY).

OF

MR LAW WAS SPEAKING

AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF KUNG HUI GOOD SHEPHERD HOME FOR THE ELDERLY IN NGAU TAU KOK.

THE SHENG

HOME FOR THE AGED AS A CONTROLLED LIFE HAD BECOME A

HE NOTED THAT THE OLD CONCEPT OF A PLACE PROVIDING AN UNINTERESTING AND THING OF THE PAST.

ELDERLY ENABLED SENIOR NOWADAYS, HOMES FOR THE LEAD A HAPPY AND POSITIVE LIFE IN GROUPS, HE SAID.

CITIZENS

ΤΟ

"HOMES FOR THE ELDERLY MUST HAVE A FAMILY ATMOSPHERE

++ MR LAW SAID. TO MAKE THEM A HAPPY PLACE TO LIVE IN,

IN ORDER

OF

THUS, THE HOMES SHOULD BE DECORATED AND FURNISHED LIKE THE

THE

THAT MINIMUM

RESTRICTIONS 30

• "PEOPLE'S OWN HOMES WITH

RESIDENTS COULD FEEL THAT THEY WERE BEING RESPECTED AND CARED FOR.

CARK WHILE

PEOPLE SHOULD THE

THEMSELVES ELDERLY SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER, FAMILY MEMBERS SHOULD VISIT THEM MORE AND THE COMMUNITY SHOULD TAKE THE INITIATIVE TO BEFRIEND THEM.

OLD

THE

FOR AND FREQUENTLY

"

RESIDENTIAL HOMES FOR THE PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES SO IN A FAMILIAR ENVIRONMENT HE SAID.

UP

"OUR CURRENT POLICY IS TO SET

IN ELDERLY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY SUCH AS THAT THE OLD PEOPLE CAN CONTINUE TO LIVE WHILE RECEIVING OTHER SUPPORT SERVICES,

IT PROVIDES 144 PLACES

WITH THE OPENING OF THE HOME TODAY THERE ARE NOW SOME 5,700 PLACES IN HOMES FOR THE AGED IN HONG KONG.

LAW

THE SHENG KUNG MR

COMMENDED CONTRIBUTIONS IN SOCIAL SERVICES.

HUI

FOR

ITS NUMEROUS

FUN DAY BOOSTS TIES BETWEEN DB MEMBERS AND OFFICIALS

MEMBERS OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD (SDB) COMMITTEES, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT COMMITTEE AND STAFF OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICE TODAY PUT ASIDE THEIR HEAVY OFFICE WORK AND HAD AN AFTERNOON OF AND SPORTS ACTIVITIES.

AND ITS MANAGEMENT (SATURDAY) FUN, GAMES

AND

THE THREE TEAMS COMPETED IN BASKETBALL, TABLE TENNIS TELEMATCHES IN A FUN DAY ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD TO STRENGTHEN THE TIES BETWEEN DB MEMBERS AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.

/THE DB